Garments Demand Proper Attention In Small Towns
A long warning urges small town merchants to adopt cooperative and personal advertising to confront competition from larger towns. It cites Fred Andersen of Cozad Nebraska with a $300000 yearly business as proof advertising and customer care work. The article also offers practical garment care tips from the Agriculture Department detailing repairs, cleaning, brushing, airing, and home ironing equipment for longevity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnum
Fred Andersen
Cozad
Nebraska
Andersen
United States Department of Agriculture
Eggs as a Valuable Food for Children’s Growth
The article praises eggs as a vital, nutrient rich food for children, highlighting calcium iron vitamins and energy. It advises gradual introduction to young diets to avoid digestive upset and suggests starting with small portions and increasing to whole yolk and eggs as children grow.
Ingenious Virginia Housewife Adapts Stove For Easier Cleaning
A Virginia farmer's wife removed stove legs and placed the unit on gas pipe supports in the wall to sweep easily around and under it. A fireproof wall backing was added and the stove positioned to prevent fire risk. Photo credited to the U S Department of Agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Virginia
Farm eggs and kitchen improvements spur summer profits
An Extension Service article explains why egg prices fall in hot months and how farmers can maintain quality. It advises large uniform infertile eggs, removing male birds, and candling to avoid losses. It highlights the Orange County kitchen contest and notes practical farm tips like vaccination, salt boxes in pastures, and using wood ashes as fertilizer.
Cuticura Talcum Powder Ad Sleeves Fresh Skin
An advertisement extols the Cuticura Talcum Powder as an antiseptic, scented and economical for face skin baby and dusting use. Promotes the Cuticura Toilet Trio with soap ointment and talcum and claims to render other perfumes superfluous.
Telephone traffic in 1922 totals and daily breakdown
The United States made about 18.25 billion telephone calls in 1922 with roughly 58.8 million local and 1.7 million long distance calls per day. An advertisement promotes Vegetable Pills for digestion and health claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Navy plane to map Cuban coastline by air this spring
Three hundred miles of Cuba and nearby islands will be photographed from the air this spring under Air Force Navy collaboration. The Geography Service notes the mission will cover coastal water approaches and adjacent lands for charting and research purposes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Scelence Service
Freezone Relieves Corn Pain Instantly
A small bottle of Freezone is sold by druggists for a few cents and promises to stop corn pain instantly. It claims to remove hard and soft corns and even those between the toes without soreness or irritation.
Penny-In-The-Slot Shoe Shine Machines Roll Out
Penny in the slot shoe cleaning devices are now in use in several cities. The machine activates a revolving brush to polish shoes, letting customers pay a penny for a quick shine.
Kidney Trouble Warns Many Americans
Drugstore notices urge use of Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root to help kidney trouble unseen by many. An insurer’s physician notes many life applicants are rejected due to undiagnosed kidney issues. Sample bottle offered for ten cents, with full product details and address in Binghamton New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milmer
Kilmer
Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Particulars Wanted Nurse The New Patient In Our Ward
A light headed patient arrives in the ward prompting inquiry by the nurse and a quick assessment by the doctor. The doctor debates whether the patient is delirious or blond in appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dellirious
Milwaukee woman credits Lydia E Pinkham remedy
Mrs Emil O Brandenburg of Milwaukee Wisconsin says she suffered severe headaches and fatigue before using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports four bottles helped, followed by three more, restoring strength and weight and enabling her to resume cleaning and daily work.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Lydia E. Pinkham
Emil O. Brandenburg
Sith Street
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M. College of Texas
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Pearl St. N
Fletcher
Houston
Galveston
Dickey
Mai Dickey Drug CO
Bristol
Tenn
Peterson
A. C. Gilbrath
Erie
Grugeists
Peterson Ointment Co., Inc
Buffalo
Beecham
Tam
Cale
F. Louis Loeffler
Rochester
N. Y
B. F. Allen Co
Canal Street
New York Bay
Parker
Omar
Miall Ae Gisis
Scox Chemical Works
Patchogue
Alec
George
London
R. Jolly
Baptist Hospital
Lamar
Texas
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